Experience: I walked the length of the UK with a donkey
This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.
To make someone (do) something
To allow (someone to do something)
To be keen (to do something/ on something/ someone)
Foreignness
To strike up a conversation/ friendship (with someone)
15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.
1. What do you know about Adam’s early life, break-up and foreign holidays?
2. How and why did Adam meet Martin, the donkey?
3. What were some of the challenges that he faces on his long walk?
4. What were the positives of his walk?
5. What did he say about Martin at the end of the article?
6. Did your parents ‘push you out of the door’ when you were younger?
7. Would you like to do Adam’s walk with a donkey?
8. When you are on holiday, do you like interacting with local people?
9. Do local people like tourists?
10. Adam was always wondering ‘whether Martin was enjoying it’. Do you always worry about other people having a good time on your holidays?
11. Is it a good idea for people to go on holiday alone, even if they have a family?
12. Have you ever received lovely hospitality or friendliness while you were on holiday?
13. What type of accommodation do you like when you are on holiday?
14. What’s your next dream holiday?
15. What type of holidays did you have in your childhood?